It is one of the most serious problems in Arabic countries: Child-marriage. Heba, who herself was getting married in the age of 16, got children and divorced, points out in this article, how strongly women have to deal with significant problems in their further life. Read this article in Arabic and in English and spread it around, so that women will know about their right to decide on their own.

Oprah Winfrey was confronted with a discriminatory view, when being told to be not fitted for television. Walt Disney, at an early stage of his career, was rejected as cartoonist in numerous publishing houses. Abraham Lincoln lost his wife, had a nervous breakdown, failed in business and lost eight elections but went on to become President of the United States. How we can also managed the hercules task to perceive of failures as opportunities of rethinking, reflecting and widening our view.

The spread of the English language in the EU has many advantages as well as disadvantages. Nevertheless, being able to communicate and thereby understand each other also culturally is a great priviledge. This article further explains how language works as a powerful identity maker.